Thanks! I think we will need to make more clear to the users this change: many old documents with macros that rely on the old syntax will not work on AOO 3.4.
Yes, it should be pointed out that there are quite a number of different regexp flavors and that people should try to stay on the common ground.
For the specific example of the RE-extension "\<" the more common syntax for it is "\b" and that is also understood by almost all regex engines including the ones used in old and new OOo.
Also, I think I found a problem. Suppose you have a text like "He heard quiet quiet steps". By using a regexp like (\w+) \1\b (notice the space before the \1) you'll find the repeated word without problems, but if you use $1 on "Replace with" instead of obtaining "He heard quiet steps" you get "He heard steps", with two spaces between "heard" and "steps": the reference is not inserted!
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118723 I'll look into it. Herbert
